Christmas gifts for small girls

With Christmas creeping up on us here are some more super suggestions for fabulous presents, today ripeshop is focusing on gifts for small girls.

it is so difficult to choose ideas for this category as we have so much lovely stuff for girls, however this delightful cotton candy paint by numbers set from Wu and Wu is easily one of the favourites, the beautifully illustrated tin is packed full of everything your child will need to paint their own masterpiece. 16.99

one of our most popular items , the vintage dolly lunch box is hugely desirable and a great price at 4.99 a practical gift that is the perfect stocking filler.

so adorable! this wooden owl design flower press by sass and belle is just what every young girl wants! with little button eyes, this is a really cute gift. 6.99

Three for Dads!

So today it is Dads turn, three hand picked Christmas gift idea's from ripeshop that are just perfect for pops! 

This super stylish vintage map wash bag is really roomy and has a side grab strap £29.99, Dads need cool accessories too you know.

Every Dad secretly wants to be Burt Reynolds, don't they? now that Movember is a distant memory, these super sticky appendages can bring back the style, without the stubble! Notable Moustaches £4.99

Our final suggestion to keep fathers happy this christmas is this bold black metal "news" magazine rack, a perfect present as now they don't even have to clear up all the pieces of the newpaper, they can just shove it in the rack. £16.99

Three is the magic number

With just over a month to go until Christmas, ripeshop are here to help with plenty of ideas for fabulous gifts for all the family.
We are going to choose three gifts a day for each member of the family, starting today with the most important gift to buy......... of course it's Mums!
Hope you enjoy our suggestions. x

This stylish and useful vacuum flask has the ever popular striped petal design by Orla Kiely, it comes packaged in a lovely gift box and is £19.99, the perfect accessory for coffee breaks at the allotment or picnics in the park.

Our next suggestion is from the delightful floriography range, deliciously fragrant Sweet pea and Peony body wash. A guaranteed winner as every mum, loves pampering products and this not only comes in gorgeous pretty packaging but also a very appealing price tag! £9.99

And to complete our trio of present proposals, a vintage style patchwork cushion, colourful crochet flower pattern on a cosy cushion cover, a lovely addition to Mums bedroom or favourite armchair. 

£14.99

We must have been feeling flowery today, just noticed all our choices have a distinctly floral theme!

Style up your student digs!

Brighten up your new digs, or bland halls of residence rooms, with some fun and affordable home comforts. ripeshop has plenty of ideas for a quick and inexpensive style overhaul. Stocking tons of modern, kitsch and retro home accessories and generally silly stuff, stick ripeshop on your bookmarks bar!

Red Rose Fairy Lights

This set of beautiful boudoir red rose fairy lights, are an excellent way to create an inviting atmosphere with ten silky fabric flowers on a clear flex, the warm ambient glow beats those standard issue 100 watt bulbs any day (or night)!

Buy from ripeshop: £22.99

Robot Key covers

So you’ve moved into new accommodation, possibly have a university locker? You need these funky rubber robot key covers. Set of two hard wearing retro robot face caps to sit on top of your keys, cool little gadgets that look great and help you identify individual keys in a hurry.

Buy from ripeshop: £4.99

Sing along tongs - microphone cooking tongs

Throwing something together for supper doesn’t have to be a chore, just get that bacon sizzling, find a top playlist on your ipod and, its karaoke kitchen! With these totally brilliant microphone shaped cooking tongs you can sing along as loud as you can to all your favourite tunes and attend to your culinary masterpieces at the same time.

Also the perfect prop for Saturday night x factor viewing!

Buy from ripeshop: £9.99

Pickled bottle stopper

Most students need to look after the pennies, so here is a handy accessory to keep that sacred bottle of wine drinkable once opened. It looks like a real gherkin, but this novelty pickle bottle stopper will keep your wine fresh for you until you want it. And you know you have to finish that assignment tomorrow so plug it in if you don’t want to get too pickled!

Buy from ripeshop: £4.99

Cold blooded - vampire fangs ice cube tray

With Halloween coming up, these ghoulish fang teeth ice trays, are perfectly chilling! Blood red coffin shaped tray fits in the smallest freezer.

Buy from ripeshop: £6.99

Mollie Makes Magazine

Here's a little bit about Mollie Makes:
'Mollie Makes is published thirteen times a year. We curate the best craft from around the world into a tactile, collectable and totally irresistible magazine.
We love to make – handmade is more than just a hobby for us, it’s in everything we do.
We can’t resist hunting down treasures in thrift stores, then customising, re-covering and embellishing our finds with our endless stash of ribbons, buttons, fabrics and felt.
We’re forever on the lookout for new inspiration. Whatever we do, we’re living and loving handmade.’
♡ Making ♡ Thrifting ♡ Collecting ♡ Crafting

and here is ripeshop's colourful cutlery, kitchen wall clock, that can be found amongst the pages of the January edition of Mollie Makes; ripeshop is a big fan!!!

ripeshop december press coverage

happy new year, from all here at ripeshop!
during the christmas madness, we didn’t have a chance to post up any of the brilliant press coverage that we had during the festive season, so here are a few of the lovely features we were included in:
here is our ever popular hot lips phone, gracing the glossy pages of grazia.

this lovely double page spread was in clifton life and shows are super kitsch gnome soap on a rope

birmingham evening post featured the number one best selling moomintroll hotwater bottle in its gifts for kids article.

and detour.co.uk online magazine chose the television alarm clock, as a christmas gift idea.

tasty bird in sun newspaper, read all about it!

is it a bird, is it a plane or has ripeshop gone chirpy chirpy cheep cheep, in the sun newspaper on sunday 21^st october 2011? one of our cream enamelware bird tea lights nested nicely in a feature about this season’s must have theme, feathery friends.

Campus Capers!

Just getting into the swing of student life, new city or town, new friends, but best of all, new social life! All those parties, clubs and festivals lie ahead of you!!!

ripeshop have a few great ways to ease the pain of your regular hangovers by at least helping you to surround yourself with some fun and affordable home comforts.

Brighten up your new digs or inject some style into those bland halls of residence rooms, with a few choice items to personalize your space.

Stocking a fantastic selection of modern, kitsch and retro homewares, lifestyle accessories and generally silly stuff, ripeshop is your one stop online shop.

Treat yourself to this set of must have classic chilli pepper fairy lights, with 20 spicy hot pepper lights on a string they are an easy way to warm up the atmosphere and give your room a red hot glow…beats those standard issue 100 watt bulbs any day (or night)!

Maybe you now find yourself in shared rented accommodation? In which case be the one to provide a cool way to keep your security deposit, by protecting your lettings furniture with these, blast from the past record coasters, no doubt you store all your music on your phone or ipod, but store your coffee cups on these funky little rubbery vinyl mats.

Ok now lets be practical for a minute, you are going to start off with good intentions of getting to all your lectures on time, aren’t you??!! ripeshop have the perfect solution to get you out of bed (well possibly) this really cute retro look television alarm clock, is battery operated has an led display, and the test card screen image, but most importantly it has a nice loud beep beep to awaken you from your slumber, it does also have a snooze button, but pressing this could lead to disaster!

Missing all your friends and family back home? No, thought not!!! Well maybe there is the odd moment when you wouldn’t mind a little reminder, although nothing mushy now, more like named and shamed! display a photograph of your loved one in this highly amusing Mugshot picture frame, designed to look like an LAPD criminal arrest record photograph with the Los Angeles Police department number board across the bottom and room for a 13 cm by 18cm picture.

And lastly on those Sunday evenings when all you want to do is veg out and watch trashy tv (even though you know that assignment is due in tomorrow) cuddle up with a gorgeous moomin knitted hotwater bottle cover, featuring Tove Jansson’s most loved character moomintroll. You can stay warm and cosy even if your flatmates are too mean to put the heating on, with just the cost of boiling the kettle to pay for, you can fill up the hotwater bottle and stay warm all night

hitting the big time in the “independent i”!

here we are looking pretty gorgeous amongst a lovely array of sponge bags in the independent i on thursday 8^th september 2011.  great variety on show with ripeshop at number six with one of our juicy fruit tree pear wash bags by disaster designs. plenty more from this range including a must have weekend bag with a matching pear wallet, makeup bag and that essential thermos flask as well as the delicious fruit tree apple collection. all you need for a stylish last minute weekend escape or an amazing gift for a special friend  

ripeshop’s top ten beautiful and unusual wedding gifts

here we go again, weddings galore!

in the office we have been discussing how many weddings we are going to this summer and what to give. between us all we are going to seven different weddings, some first time but mainly second time round. so here are our suggestions for great presents from ripeshop whether first timers or old timers:

nina jarema cake stand                      a beautiful gift, part of the folklore range of enamelware with its nature inspired pink and purple owl and flower pattern that will look gorgeous on any tea table. £28.99

saturnus retro coat rack                     get the couple’s hall organised with this fabulously retro, iconic, bright ball, twelve hook hat rack. Guaranteed to catch the eye of every guest! £15.99

coloured photo frame clock                this present is practical and unique. A colourful way to display photos of the happy day and also tell the time! one of ripeshop’s best sellers. £28.99

polka dot mixed cutlery set                add this very cute, vintage inspired tableware to the new husband and wife's bottom drawer. perfect for summer garden parties. £24.99

salt and pepper bots                           fancy a quirky present for the funky and eclectic pair? how about this brilliant wind up café style robot condiment set. £18.99

happy hour cocktail kit                       spruce up your friends drinks cabinet with stylish kitsch.            this gorgeous darling dynasty tin comes full of mixing essentials, and  will certainly come in handy next time you pop round for the evening! £15.99

lush lampshades                                 create a new focal point with these exquisite, on trend lampshades in turquoise and pink, mermaids and monkeys, each tells a story and give a fresh new look to any room. £46.99

russian dolls measuring cups             encourage a bit of home cooking in the newly weds by giving these matryoshka measuring cups, for that added edge of originality in the kitchen. £9.99

diner style bread bin                           available in pink or cream, a timeless present that will be used every day, delightfully chic offering that will sit oozing glossy luxury on the new mr and mrs’s work surface. £35.99

vintage style cake tin                          keep those home baked goodies fresh and tasty by presenting these fantastic, retro style stacking tins, in beautiful cream and red enamel. £35.99

corn glass chopping board                 why not aid marital bliss, with one of ripeshop’s joseph joseph worktop savers. can be used as a chopping board or trivet. try the corn on the cobb repeating pattern, long lasting just like the marriage! £14.99